The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Rs 150 crore project was done three years ago and was supposed to ...Read More

MEERUT: Uttar Pradesh special secretary (Medical Education department) Amit Singh Bansal inspected the super specialty block at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College on Friday. The foundation stone laying ceremony of the Rs 150 crore project was done three years ago and was supposed to be completed by December 2017. Already running late, the super specialty block, which is likely to e inaugurated in August end, still had irregularities which were found during the inspection. The irregularities found include wrong fittings of fire exit doors, absence of signage boards and broken tiles. “Signage boards have been found missing from the super specialty block. Not just this, broken tiles have also been found at places for which instructions have been given so that they can be repaired before the block in inaugurated. The fire exit gates have been installed wrongly, for which the staff has told that the fire department had instructed them to do so. However, I have sought an answer in written for this,” said Amit Singh Bansal, UP special secretary (Medical Education department). Availability for resting room of doctors will also be done, and instructions have been given for the purpose. “Currently the doctors and nurses of LLRM which cater to the super specialty branches will move to the super specialty block and cater to the patients here. Also, recruitment of maintenance staff for services like centralised fire system will be done soon, and instructions for the purpose have been given. The building is ready for inauguration, however, last finishing touches are required – which have been asked to be done,” said Bansal. In this block, tertiary healthcare services will be provided under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). "The block is likely to be inaugurated by August end. Either UP CM Yogi Adityanath or Union health minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the block," said Bansal.

PMSSY aims at correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. It has two components – setting up of AIIMS like institutions and up-gradation of government medical colleges and institutions. An amount of Rs 150 crore was allocated for the project wherein Rs 120 crore was given by the central government and Rs 30 crore was provided by the state government. It will have super specialty department of neurology, cardiology, nephrology, neurosurgery, burn and plastic surgery, paediatric surgery and radiotherapy. This will also add 160 beds, 40 ICU beds, seven operation theatres and one cath laboratory.